The ISSA – DC Chapter infosec meetup this month is a must-attend for software developers. Titled “Software Development: The Next Security Frontier An Introduction to the CSSLP Certification” and presented by certification consultant Glenn Johnson of ISC2, this meetup will take a hard look at the following questions: Why do we need secure software?...
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Opening with the line, “hose who fail to plan, plan to fail,” the abstract for the ISSA – DC Chapter meetup this upcoming Tuesday hints at the fact that many organizations completely overlook possible network failure when they should instead be factoring it into their plan. While that kind of attitude is dangerous for...
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The ISSA – DC Chapter meetup this upcoming Tuesday, June 16th will discuss the upcoming changes in NIST 800-53 and why you should care about them. According to the ISSA – DC site, “elping organizations develop an enterprise-wide risk management strategy that integrates information security requirements into mission/business processes and the information systems supporting...
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Just a quick reminder that the ISSA – DC Chapter infosec meetup event starts tomorrow. For more information about the ISSA – DC Chapter, see its description in our Infosec Meetups section. View our Calendar for a list of similar infosec events in and around the NoVA area. See our original post for more information about this meetup. ### Keep...
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Whether it’s a blog post from college or a work project that went awry, everyone wishes they could remove something from the internet. And let’s face it: A world where Google pulled up nothing but good things about us could be considered a kind of Utopia. But achieving a Google search where our names...
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Tomorrow’s ISSA – DC Chapter infosec meetup event—”Your Browser Wears No Clothes: Why Fully Patched Browsers Remain Vulnerable”—is one of those meetups that you want to attend simply because of the creative title. Creative title aside however, the ISSA – DC Chapter meetup tomorrow promises to deliver some practical information about browser patches and why...
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With widely respected infosec professional Branko S. Bokan as the keynote speaker of this Tuesday’s ISSA – DC Chapter infosec meetup event, you can learn more about identity theft and why it’s not a ‘new’ problem. According to the ISSA – DC Chapter website “identity theft is not a modern crime. It has existed for...
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Here is some information regarding this week’s Tuesday ISSA – DC Chapter infosec meetup event. This looks to be a very interesting session on whitelisting applications. I’ve been thinking for a while that this is probably the only way we’re going to make a dent in curving the proliferation of malware. It’s useless trying...
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Here is some information regarding this week’s Tuesday ISSA – DC Chapter infosec meetup event. This talk looks great. You even get a copy of the bootable USB software used during the demonstration. Of course if it comes on a USB stick, I’d be leery about putting into a non-test computer. If anyone happens...
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